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#251 Mysterious badge powers
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In the games, each gym badge gives you one or more bonuses. The most obvious ones involve being able to use HM moves such as Cut and Surf on the field, instead of just in battle, to reach new areas. They also let you control pokémon you traded for (who might otherwise ignore your orders if their level is too high). Many of them also give a minor passive stat boost. How does that work? Who knows. In the Pokémon Adventures manga, the badges (or at least the original eight) have even more impressive powers. Maybe they're magic. Or maybe they emit some kind of mind altering radiation. The world may never know...




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